James M. Maxon

The Right Reverend James Matthew Maxon D.D., LL.D.
Bishop of Tennessee
Bishop Maxon, c. 1940
Church	Episcopal Church
Diocese	Tennessee
In office	1935–1947
Predecessor	Thomas F. Gailor
Successor	Edmund P. Dandridge
Previous post	Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee (1922-1935)
Orders
Ordination	November 3, 1907 by M. Edward Fawcett
Consecration	October 18, 1922 by Thomas F. Gailor
Personal details
Born	(1875-01-01)January 1, 1875 Bay City, Michigan, United States
Died	November 8, 1948(1948-11-08) (aged 73) Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Buried	St. John's Episcopal Church (Ashwood, Tennessee)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Daniel Marsh Maxon & Anna MacKenney
Spouse	Blanch Morris (m. Oct. 10 , 1903)
Children	2

James Matthew Maxon (January 1, 1875 – November 8, 1948) was the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, serving in that capacity from 1935 to January 1, 1947.

Biography

Maxon was born on January 1, 1875, in Bay City, Michigan, the son of Daniel Marshman Maxson (1840-1915) and Anna McKinney. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1907. He was ordained priest by Bishop M. Edward Fawcett. He became rector of Christ Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee on June 21, 1922, at a special convention of the diocese in Christ Church Nashville, Tennessee. He was consecrated on October 18, 1922, by Thomas F. Gailor, Bishop of Tennessee. He succeeded as Bishop of Tennessee in 1935 and was installed on November 3, 1935, in St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee. Bishop Maxon was instrumental in facilitating the merger of Grace Church and St. Luke's Church in Memphis, to form Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church in 1940. He resigned on January 1, 1947, and died on November 8, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee.

References

• "Bishop Maxon Dies" in The Living Church, November 21, 1948, p. 5.
• Clerical Directories from the Archives of the Episcopal Church